UWM College of Letters and Science

College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 496
November 2, 1997


Recommendation of the Committee on Committees and the Honors Program Committee
for Amendments to the HPC Charter


Recommendation
That the amendments outlined below in the Honors Program Committee Charter be approved effective immediately.

Rationale
Two years ago, the Faculty charged the Committee on Committees with reviewing all L&S Faculty Standing Committees. The Honors Program Committee was one of the committees reviewed during the 1997-98 academic year. Upon completion of that review, the Committee on Committees recommended several changes to the HPC charter to clarify the membership, including length of terms and how members are distributed, to clarify the election of the chair, and to add consistency with other charters in the format of the charter. The Committee on Committees is working toward more uniformity in the format and content of committee charters. These changes bring the HPC charter in line with the developing guidelines.

Honors Program Committee Charter
(Strike-through indicates language deleted; underlining indicates language added.)

  1. Membership. The Honors Program Committee will be constituted as follows:

    Ssix faculty members from the College of Letters and Science, three appointed by the Dean of the College of Letters and Science, in consultation with the Director of the Honors Program, and three elected by the College Faculty. These members shall serve for staggered three-year terms,. One of two each of the elected and appointed members shall come from each area (the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences) areas of the College.

    Tthree faculty members from other UWM schools and colleges appointed for staggered three-year terms by the Dean of the College of Letters and Science, in consultation with the Director of the Honors Program.

    Mmembers of the Honors Program faculty designated as Bradley Professors or holding an equivalent position.

    Ffour students who are enrolled in the Honors Program, appointed following consultation with the Director of the Honors Program, by the Dean of the College of Letters and Science for one-year terms, two beginning in the fall semester and two beginning in the spring semester.

    Eex officio and without voting rights:, the

    Director and Assistant Director of the Honors Program.
    Assistant Director of the Honors Program

    These provisions will be reviewed by the Honors Program Committee every three years.

  2. Chair. Each March the committee elects from its continuing or reappointed voting membership a chair for the following academic year.

  3. Functions.

    1. In consultation with the Director, the committee determines the operations of the Honors Program, including admissions, graduation requirements, and general curriculum.
    2. The committee evaluates proposed new faculty and topics for Honors seminars and the schedule of Honors course offerings for each semester.
    3. The committee evaluates proposals for new Honors courses.
    4. The committee evaluates formal requests from Honors students concerning individual projects for Honors credit.
    5. The committee reviews and considers modifications of the overall structure and policies of the Honors Program and makes appropriate recommendations to the faculty and Dean.
    6. The committee undertakes every third year a formal review of its structure and functions and records its conclusions in the committee's annual report for that year.


Rules Governing the Faculty, Ch. 2.07
Approved by L&S Faculty Feb. 11, 1975
Modified on March 31, 1983 (Fac. Doc. #313)
Modified on December 1, 1993 (Fac. Doc. #396)



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